Description: First of all, you don't HAVE to believe a word we say! BUT, you might want to believe what over 37,000 people have to say! Carley's HAND Cream also works great on elbows and knees and even cracked heels. Heavy duty Your creams have transformed my skin and this hand cream has a divine texture! Buyer: iluvparis ***SPECIAL OFFER*** Buy and pay for any three of our products and you get to pick one single item free. Just tell us what to include. The only catch: The free single item cannot be more than the most expensive item you have bought. USA shipping is now free! (To SAVE on international shipping, see below) We spend a lot of time studying ingredients. We are constantly looking for undiscovered or little used ingredients that will benefit our customers. That is our niche. Hardly a week goes by we don't get asked for a hand cream. We just won't release something unless we know it works. Kokum Butter not only makes a rich cream for your hands, it has a rich history in India. Kokum Butter helps regenerate tired and worn skin cells and supports skin elasticity and general flexibility of the cell wall. It has been used traditionally in India to soften skin and restore elasticity and as a balm for dry, cracked, rough and calloused skin. We thought it might just be perfect for hands, feet, elbows and knees. So we tested it. We fell in love. Now keep in mind it is legal in this country to put one drop of an ingredient into a product and name it after that ingredient. WE DON'T EVER DO THAT. It might be legal, but it isn't moral. Besides in our mind if a product works we will get reorders. Kokum butter is a primary ingredient (a member of the Mangosteen family). So does this Kokum Butter moisturizer really soften hard calloused skin? YES Does it really restore elasticity? YES Does it help dry cracked/rough skin? YES Does it keep your hands moist without feeling greasy all day. YES, YES, YES This is an intense moisturizer. Kokum butter is not a cheap butter. A bit pricey and hard to work with. But so worth the effort. We decided to make Kokum a primary ingredient. But it needed help. Most ingredients we've found find their success when combined with other ingredients. So we use a bit of Mango butter, a bit of Shea butter and more than a bit of Jojoba. Jojoba does something special to moisturizers. It helps absorption process. Unfortunately there is a world wide shortage of Jojoba. Prices have doubled in the last year and are still going up. Luckily we bought ahead to keep us stocked hopefully until this shortage lessens. More about the tree kokum butter comes from below. Garcinia indica, a plant in the mangosteen family (Clusiaceae), commonly known as kokum, is a fruit tree that has culinary, pharmaceutical, andindustrial uses. The tree is also ornamental, with a dense canopy of green leaves and red-tinged, tender, emerging leaves. It is indigenous to the Western Ghats region of India, along the western coast. It is found in forest lands, riversides, and wasteland, and also gets cultivated on a small scale. It does not require irrigation, spraying or fertilizers. These plants prefer evergreen forests, but some also thrive in relatively low-rainfall areas. Garcinia indica is known by various names across India, includingamsol/aamsul, bindin, biran, bhirand, bhinda, bhrinda, brinda, kokum/kokam,katambi, looikya, sour apple, panarpuli or ratamba. Further, the extract/concentrate of this fruit is called aagal in Konkani and Marathi. It is ready to use for preparation of sol kadhi when mixed with coconut milk. The genus Garcinia, belonging to the family Clusiaceae, includes some 200 species found in the Old World tropics, especially Asia and Africa. Of the 35 species found in India, 17 are endemic. Of these, seven are endemic to the Western Ghats region (lying along western coastal India), six in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and four in the northeastern region of India. Called kokum, kokam, or bin'na in parts of western India, the Garcinia indicaseed contains 23-26% oil, which remains solid at room temperature and is used in the preparations of confectionery, medicines and cosmetics. The outer cover of fruit is dried in the sun to get aamsul or kokam. It is used as a slightly sour spice in recipes from Maharashtra that yields peculiar taste and dark red colour. It is a preferred substitute for tamarind in curries and other dishes from Konkan. It is also used in Konkani cuisine, in Gujarat, and some cuisines of South India.It's squash (concentrate) is used in preparing a drink (Sharbath) which is bright red in colour. Recently, industries have started extracting hydroxycitric acid (HCA) from the rind of the fruit. India's first national seminar on kokum or Garcinia indica was held March 4-5, 2005 at the Goa University, Goa. Those researching on the crop see it as having a bright future: it is rainfed, does not have any pest or diseases apart from the monkey menace, and is almost a "zero-attention" crop. So what makes this so special? What's in it? (in order of prominence) Reverse Osmosis purified water: virtually all skin care products 'say' they use purified water. But the real deal is reverse osmosis purified water. This mean ZERO contaminants which means the starting point is pure. It's expensive to do (goes through 5 filters, which have to be changed often), but it is the only water we use. We use the waste water from this purifying process to water our flowers and landscaping. So there is no waste. Don't some products use distilled water? Yes but distilled water is expensive to make (heat is used to boil the dirty water and stream is collected). the problem we have with distilled water is it has a lower pH due to the extra ions added during the process. We prefer to work with pH neutral water. To me there is no more perfect water than R-O water. I remember the 1st time we made soap with it. As we poured the soap is was so creamy! It looked like home made ice cream right before it gets solid. It's one of our special secrets to how good our products are. Kokum Butter (Garcinia Indica): As mentioned above this is a special ingredient. It is a hard butter. A PRIMARY ingredient. Jojoba Oil (Simmondsia chinensis): is very similar to the oils in our skin. Technically it is not an oil but a wax ester. If you apply it to your skin it still won't absorb, but in a cream/moisturizer it absorbs extremely fast into the skin. We use this oil to carry the other butters into the skin. Jojoba is the workhorse. Emulsifying wax: This is a vegetable wax that is used to combine the oils and water. Glycerin (vegetable). What skin care product doesn't benefit from Glycerin? Problem is most store bought and even high end moisturizers use animal derived Glycerin. You don't even want to know how they make this glycerin. Unless the label specifically says vegetable it is almost always animal derived. Yuck! Stearic acid: is not an acid, but another vegetable wax. Adds creaminess. Mango Butter (Mangifera Indica) A luxurious Butter imported from India made from the seeds of the Mango Fruit tree. We use this butter purely for it's luxurious feel and absorbency. You'll only find this in the quality stuff and rarely a primary ingredient. Shea Butter (Butyrospermum Parkii) World renown for many incredible skin improving properties. The Shea tree grows spontaneously in the wooded savannahs in west Africa (Ghana, Mali and Burkina Faso). The tree is stout, can grow up to 20 m high and its trunk can reach 1 m in diameter, bearing leathery oval leaves. It produces its first fruit when it is about 25 years old and reaches its full production at the age of 40 to 50. The fruit is harvested by the natives and hand processed to the finished butter product. Most Shea butter is commercially processed to remove the natural color and odor, or industrially extracted with hexane (a carcinogen). This yields more butter and is less expensive to produce, but it is odorless and white and has fewer of important qualities. The Shea butter we use is yellow and unrefined. Villagers in Ghana extract the nuts (which grow wild in the forest) by the traditional, solvent-free method, by grinding and heating, and pour the butter into a gourd shell. It is micro-filtered to remove the bits of shells. Cetyl Stearyl Alcohol (vegetable) this is a waxy vegetable ingredient used to give the moisturizers a bit of heft and contact feel. Germall Plus (4/10’s of 1%) (diazolidinyl Urea, 3-Iodo-2-propylbutylcarbarmate) (a vegetable derived preservative to keep our product fresh) only needs 4/10's of one percent to keep our product safe. Look before you ask, no totally natural preservative really protects products from bacteria. We don't like using Parabens. and since we pH balance our moisturizers we are limited in our choice of preservatives. What's great about this one is so little is needed to afford protection. Something different. Natural Essential oils: OK I have to admit we have been in a bit of a rut with use of Lavender. Lavender is predictable and easy to work with and has some therapeutic benefits. But after some training in all natural perfumes, we decided to try something different. We start with a base of Vanilla, build up with middles of Ylang Ylang and Nutmeg and top notes of mostly Blood Orange and a punch of black Pepper essential oil. We didn't want anything overpowering. So don't worry. It is a lovely scent. Natural essential oils of course are purely derived from plants. Most perfumes contain artificial fragrances artificially derived using petroleum by-products. Those will never be in our products. Plus in order to keep those smells persistent, most skin care products use Phthalates. Phthalates are just now starting to worry scientists. Best if used within one year of receipt. I'll bet no skin care product you have bought from a store was made within the last year. Most of the products were made years ago. We find we can better control our quality if we make products as they are used. Fresh just makes for better skin care products. Our families all use our products. We only sell what we would use. pH neutral: And why is this important? Although we use ingredients that have an acid pH, the finished moisturizer is pH neutral, like all of our moisturizers. We believe the skin is actually stressed by acids. Virtually all moisturizers on the market are acid. We wondered why? If acids are so good for the skin as these products claim, why does it feel so good to take a swim in the ocean? Ocean water pH is very much the opposite of acid. Slightly alkaline. Why is it recommended to keep swimming pool water slightly alkaline? There is a whole line of thinking now that promotes alkalines. We believe the skin and all of nature loves alkaline and hates acids. If the ocean were to all of a sudden become slightly acid, mostly it would be a dead body of water. Forget this nonsense of the 'acid mantle'. Our bodies when healthy, are pH neutral to slightly alkaline. No animal ingredients or testing EVER! We also get assurances from our suppliers that all of our raw ingredients are not animal derived or any animal testing done there either. Most skin care products you buy to use today, were made in large factories years ago and have been in storage. Everything we ship was made in small batches within a few weeks of shipping. Fresh matters! Quality ingredients matter! Most of our ingredients are as close to natural as possible. We avoid overly processed ingredients. Processing means heat and that destroys the goodness in these precious ingredients we use. We also include a free bar of our Natural shea butter non-drying soap with each jar. This Natural soap has to be tried to be believed. It is nothing short of wonderful. How much? $19.99 for 8 Fl. Oz. (236 mL). FREE SHIPPING TO anywhere in the USA ***SPECIAL OFFER*** Buy and pay for any three of our products and you get to pick one single item free. Just tell us what to include. The only catch: The free single item cannot be more than the most expensive item you have bought. USA shipping is now free! (To SAVE on international shipping, see below) MONEY BACK GUARANTEED. NO QUESTIONS ASKED NO RESTOCKING FEE NO TIME LIMIT FOR YOU TO TRY IT (Why rush, take your time to decide if this is for you. Don't you just hate those 30 day guarantees?) As with all products we sell it is best to use within one year of receipt of product. WE EVEN REFUND YOUR ORIGINAL S&H COSTS JUST RETURN BOTTLE FOR A REFUND, KEEP THE NATURAL SOAP. NO NEED TO GET A 'RETURN AUTHORIZATION' EITHER. (What is that all about anyway?) WE PROCESS THE REFUND IMMEDIATELY INTERNATIONAL REFUNDS BY PAYPAL OR CREDIT CARD CREDIT ONLY WE ALSO SUPPORT YOU, WE ANSWER YOUR EMAILS PERSONALLY (one question or 100, we're trying to earn your repeat business). GREEN STATEMENT Since it is so important to talk about being green now, in the past we have always avoided mentioning what we do in this arena. Seemed like bragging to me. As you can imagine, we use a lot of very hot water. Not only for production, but also for cleaning our stainless steel equipment, since we don't use any dangerous cleaning compounds. We have a solar hot water system to heat our water. This is free hot water! We're in Florida. The sun shines all the time. It's a no-brainer. On a sunny day our water is coming at us within 20 or 30 degrees of boiling temperatures. So very little additional heat is need to sterilize our equipment. I mentioned we don't use any dangerous cleaning compounds to clean our equipment. We use our natural soaps and high pressure very high temperature water to insure no bacteria remains. This is very important. Many companies use dangerous cleaners. Which not only pollute the water runoff, but remain on the equipment, poisoning the next batch of products they make. We only make our products in our equipment. We do not farm out our production facilities to companies who use inferior or animal derived ingredients. I know this may seem like a small issue to some, but the artificial soaps and other poisons as cleansers seem to have a life of their own. They are extremely difficult to remove. They are not allowed in the production area. EVER! We use recycled peanuts and foam for shipping. We use Florescent light bulbs everywhere. Again this can save a good bit of energy over the years. All equipment is stainless steel (including valves). Bronze and brass typically reacts to ingredients and can infect the finished products with corrosion. Stainless steel doesn't. But it is expensive. One valve can be over a $100. But then it lasts forever. We haven't gone PV yet. The costs are such that I believe it's still a few years away. I am excited about the new technology in this area that is coming fast. When it does make sense for us we will do it. We recycle and limit our water usage. I have an eagle eye for saving energy (and that is money), so we can keep our products affordable. Steve Wills Distributed exclusively by: Steve Wills Ent. These statements have not been evaluated by the food and drug administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent disease. ©Copyright 2000 Steve Wills Ent. This listing is protected intellectual content. 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Price: 22.99 USD
Location: Orlando, Florida
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 60 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Size: 8oz
Main Purpose: Dry Skin, Moisturizer
Formulation: Cream
Type: Daily Use
Features: Cruelty-free/No Animal Testing, Alcohol-Free, All Natural Ingredients, Ammonia-Free, Animal Cruelty-Free, Colorant-Free, Hydrating, Paraben-Free, Silicone-Free, Sulfate-Free
Active Ingredients: Shea Butter, Mango Butter, Jojoba Oil, Kokum Oil
Body Area: Arms, Feet, Full Body, Hands, Legs
Volume: 8OZ
Ingredients: Kokum Oil, Jojoba Oil, Stearic acid, Mango Butter, Shea Butter
Brand: Carley's
